Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[Lifestudent]

Today I had posted something along the lines of my chicken thought it was ok to follow me into the kitchen today on FB. (She is about 12 wks now, they are not outside yet as the run is taking forever to finish. I let them roost on top of their brooder so they can stretch and not feel cramped.) Well my family member was like OMG I can't believe you let your chickens roam around your house, blah, blah, blah. They smell horrible, the ammonia is strong.

Ok first off I don't let them roam around the house because I don't want any of them to get hurt and find surprise little droppings. I never said they roam the house it's just my one girl likes to know where I am so she thought she'd follow me into the kitchen. lol I put her back. I clean the poop up everyday and scrub everything down a few times a week so it doesn't stink. You really only smell the pine. People come in and say, "What kind of birds are those? They look like chickens but chickens smell and your house doesn't stink." My dogs are usually more stinky then the chickens. I wasn't offend by her post but she took it has I was. I basically just didn't want people to think I let chickens poo all over my house. lol I guess some people think they know everything!

I'm finding a lot more people are against me owning chickens for eggs because they are just, I guess ignorant to the subject. All I know in the long run it's healthier and cheaper to have chickens make me eggs then to buy them from the store, especially when they are $4 for 18 and are NOT organic.

Plus add benefit of having little feathered friends and my children learning about chickens.

You and my wife would get along so well. We kept our chicks in a cardboard run in the family room till they got to where they were jumping out of it too much. One of our chicks also followed my wife into the kitchen to see where she was going. They're almost a year old now and have been outside about half of that time, but every time one of us goes into the back yard they follow us everywhere, including into the house. I found out from one of my aunts that one of my great grandmas kept chickens in the house. I guess it runs in our family, at least on our side.

 

[dolphinlvr4]

Oh I'm quite sure if I'd let my daughter bring her chicken in the house she would in a min. We only have3 that r outside n not old enuff to lay yet and we have 3 in a plastic pool with tall wire around it cuz they r young. She has her favorite hen who sits on her lap in the coop while she does her homework out there. Lol. This particular hen reminds me of the drunk guy at the end of the night. She has nooooo clue as to personal space!! But she's sweet n Im not sure she knows she's a chicken. ;-)

 

[dolphinlvr4]

Oh and just to add to the brown egg debate, I always buy organic free range brown eggs for the taste n the ethical reasons. But until I k Ed better I was for sure they tasted better!! Lmao

 

[TallChickMagnet]

Oh and just to add to the brown egg debate, I always buy organic free range brown eggs for the taste n the ethical reasons. But until I k Ed better I was for sure they tasted better!! Lmao

Brown eggs does not = organic... But organic does taste better...

In the local market the brown eggs are stocked right next to the same size white eggs and marked a dollar more...

 

[Muffin14143]

Have they seen this video?

Compare it to "dirty" free range eggs..

 

[dolphinlvr4]

Brown eggs does not = organic... But organic does taste better...

In the local market the brown eggs are stocked right next to the same size white eggs and marked a dollar more...

They sure are! Lol

 

[dolphinlvr4]

Have they seen this video? 

Compare it to "dirty" free range eggs..

Omg... I knew it bad and have seen they way they are stuck in a small cage which is so cruel n unnatural for them. Seeing the close up made me sick sick sick to my stomach!!! This is biggest reason I wanted chickens of my own! I had to wait til hubby retired from the army because we lived in 7 diff states and couldn't have them. There's no reason those girls should be treated that way as they will happily lay better n longer if they r treated well. I'll take a fresh egg from a backyard hen any day. I do not want those sob's to get any of my hard earned money! I'm very affected by that video but people who only eat sterilized eggs from a factory should see it n see what thier money goes to support. :-(

 

[mfpif16]

Oh man, I could only watch like half of that video.me right now->

And the thing is, it wouldn't cost that much more to have them in good conditions, and they'd get more eggs. I hate stupid factory farms and stupid business people!!!! GAH!!!

this thread is really off topic....

 

[Jessie and Kade]

Hahaha I'm in Vancouver and have 2 BYC's and my neighbor who Sees my chickens and how they are raised told me the same thing when I offered to GIVE her free eggs (as some days my girls are quite noisey!) she was like "uuumm NO I can't eat "farm eggs" she even made the Air Quotes!! I was like HUH?? You know your eating almost Expired eggs from the store these ones come Right from our yard you can See my chickens!! She still said no she'd rather Pay for crappy eggs LMAO!! Sooo stupid people across this border too LOL!!

 

[7 Biddies]

i have one co-worker who will ONLY get white eggs from me because "my kids won't eat brown eggs" ! People are strange!

What's strange is that your co-worker allows her kids to "dictate" what color eggs they eat; or, anything else for that matter. They shouldn't even know what color the shells are, unless they're doing the cooking and, if they should happen to see them, they need to keep their mouths shut and their minds open. It seems fairly common for people to allow their kids to dictate everything, these days, like kids know what's good for them. You may as well give them your car and let them drive themselves to school from the day they start kindergarten.